Azalea RCM helped a central billing office for 3 Georgia clinics grow their monthly collections by 46% and increased payments per visit by 21%. We recently spoke with a former hospital CEO who had some insights into EHR evaluation and selection. Phil Hanna has been in the hospital and health services industry for 45 years. […]
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Released May 1, 2020 Rural Provider Relief Fund: All RHCs To Receive a Minimum of $100,000 Every federally certified Rural Health Clinic – including Pediatric RHCs – will receive funds from this distribution. Rural Health Clinics will not need to apply. Your clinic-specific allocation will be automatically deposited in your account (presuming you have an ACH
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COVID-19 Telehealth & Regulatory Changes For RHCs Major telehealth restrictions lifted New telehealth billing codes introduced New telehealth Evaluation & Mangement codes introduced Major Telehealth Restrictions Lifted On 3/25/2020, the United States Senate passed a deal on Phase 3 of the COVID-19 legislation that greatly expanded Medicare telehealth services to RHCs. Before the Coronavirus pandemic,
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How To Guidelines For Split Billing Medicare Claims No one claims coding and billing is easy. Beyond CPTs, ICDs, and modifiers, coding delves into employment, ownership of equipment, location of services, and more. This post focuses on a specialty situation, “Split-Claim Billing”, that can impact how a claim is billed. Most claims are comprised of
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Hospital Coding Cheat Sheet: 25 Tips & Tricks to Stay On Track According to the 2019 Rural Health IT Survey, declining reimbursements along with improving billing processes and managing denials are two of the top 3 pain points healthcare organizations face. Because of this, and other concerns such as the rise in patient responsibility, our
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Hospital Reimbursement Audits: Why They’re Actually A Good Thing Often when we hear the word audit, we cringe. Is it the fear that we are doing something incorrectly? Or is it the fear of getting blamed or “caught”? In our recent hospital reimbursement webinar, Jackie King, Director of CAH Education at ArchProCoding, emphasized audits as
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With healthcare costs continually on the rise, it’s crucial for providers to find ways to minimize costs, improve efficiency and enhance profitability. And now, you can do just that by integrating payment processing into your EHR software. Join Emma Talley, Partner Development Manager at our valued partner, CardConnect, to discover all of the benefits integrated
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Hear from industry experts, Mark Lynn, RHC Consultant and Bonnie Britton, President at Reconect4Health. On this industry webinar, we identify and discuss the barriers Rural Health Clinics face when it comes to Telemedicine, Behavioral Health and Remote Monitoring. Key benefits apply to RHC Managers and will include the following: Guidance on Medicare reimbursement for emerging
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Hospital Documentation & Coding For Optimal Reimbursement Welcome to the Azalea Health Industry Webinar Series, dedicated to helping you successfully navigate the healthcare industry. Hear from Jackie King, Director of Critical Access Hospital Education at Arch Pro Coding. Jackie will cover the following: Key Elements for E&M Levels Medical Necessity and Modifiers Payer Specific Rules
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A swing bed is a physical hospital bed that can be used for two purposes – acute and post-acute care.
The purpose is to allow patients in rural communities to receive quality post-acute care within their community. Prior to Medicare’s swing bed program, hospitals were only permitted to provide acute care often leaving discharged patients and families with no local options for needed skilled nursing care.
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